A contingent of F-16C Fighting Falcons and support personnel assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron arrived at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Oct 10-11, 2020. The 77th "Gamblers" will play a key role in supporting the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission in sustaining and defending joint and partner forces by projecting combat airpower in support of theater plans and operations. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Katherine Walters)
On Oct. 10, 2020, members of the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron celebrated 30 years of the RC-135 Rivet Joint operating in U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility.
I have been of service to the USAF for 17 plus years. My career has taken me to locations both fantastic and austere, near and far and places I can call home and places I prefer to forget… however, there is one story I want to tell about a very long deployment to a challenging location that, at the time, looked like it would never end… during this deployment I met challenges that I never thought I would with my military service.
